> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 9:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: 'copy protected Cd`s' destroy firmware
>
>
> > From: Miller, Jeffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > > From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> > >
> > > on 14/5/02 11:51 pm, Andrew Crystall at
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 14 May 2002 at 15:36, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> The Star Wars soundtrack has been available on the
> > > >> alt.binaries.sounds.mp3s newsgroup for at least a month.
> > > Somehow I
> > > >> doubt any copy-protection schemes the companies can come
> > > up with will
> > > >> prevent a truly determined person from ripping them.
> > > >
> > > > If it can be heard, it can be recorded.
> > >
> > > Well, that's true of course. The problem is if someone wants
> > > to make a lossless digital copy rather than resample the
> > > output from the DAC.
> >
> > easy - play it on a CD player with a digital out and route
> that into a
> > DAT with digital inputs. The remainder of the process is
> left as an
> > exercise for the reader ;)
>
> Wrong. The CD players that would put out a digital signal
> are the same ones that wont play these corrupted discs,
> precisely because the digital information on the disc is corrupted.
>
I've seen nothing about -that- mentioned in this thread or any urls
posted. You're saying that the CD player on my rack won't play these
discs?
-j-
